--- title: Is Donald Trump Worth $3 Billion or $10 Billion? description: Presidential candidate Donald Trump says he's worth over $10 billion, but new analysis concludes his assets are worth far less. authors: - name: Alexandra Mondalek url: https://money.com/author/alexandra-mondalek/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 44 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/amondalek former_staff: true published: '2016-07-27T15:44:11.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T03:03:04.000Z' section: Economy and Politics tags: - Donald Trump - donald trump net worth - Election 2016 - Net Worth - Wealth word_count: 397 canonical: https://money.com/donald-trump-net-worth/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Donald Trump Addresses VFW Convention In Charlotte, NC](https://img.money.com/2016/07/gettyimages-583518404.jpg) GOP presidential candidate and billionaire Donald Trump is very, very rich—everyone says so. They just disagree about *how* rich he is. In the most recent estimate published, [*Bloomberg* says](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-19/trump-is-richer-in-property-and-deeper-in-debt-in-new-valuation) the real estate tycoon-turned presidential candidate's net worth has grown since he announced his run for president, to $3 billion from $2.9 billion a year ago. It arrived at the figure as follows: > Bloomberg’s calculation was conducted in line with its methodology for valuing the fortunes of the world’s richest billionaires. It uses information compiled from Trump’s financial disclosure to the Federal Election Commission in May, mortgage filings, property records, leasing agreements, annual reports from Trump’s European golf courses, market data on rent, occupancy and capitalization rates, sales of hotels and condominiums and interviews with people familiar with the assets who asked not to be identified because they’re closely held. While the Bloomberg estimate is significantly lower than other estimates -- *Forbes* pegged his net worth at [$4.5 billion](http://www.forbes.com/donald-trump/#3d0469bc790b) back in September, while *Fortune* [estimated](http://fortune.com/2016/05/23/doland-trump-net-worth/) his worth at $3.92 billion as of this May -- it's way less than Trump himself claims he's worth. Trump says he's worth "in excess of $10 billion" and blames the "terrible", "[dishonest" media](http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/donald-trump-calls-the-media-dishonest-gives-them-credit-for-helping-his-campaign-video/) for underestimating his assets. Financial and [political media](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-money-net-worth-223662) have been trying to pin down Trump's net worth, something made more difficult without any tax releases from the candidate. (He's the first candidate in modern political history who [has refused to do so](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-hidden-tax-returns-take-new-significance).) Fellow billionaire Mark Cuban is among those who believe that's because the Republican nominee isn't willing to admit that his opponent, Hillary Clinton, pays more. Trump's camp claims that the reason media get his valuation so wrong has to do with how much they undervalue his brand, according to the Bloomberg report. Of course, he also has taken on more debt since the beginning of his presidential run, something he's apparently comfortable with considering his [bankruptcy history](https://money.com/donald-trump-bankruptcy-republican-presidential-debate/). So, what does it really matter if "The Donald" is worth $3 billion or $10 billion? Either way, he's still a billionaire. On one level, it's inconsequential (especially compared to the average American family, whose median income was $46,700 in 2013, according to the most recent Federal Reserve [report](http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2014/pdf/scf14.pdf) available.) But when you consider that the candidate has placed the bulk of his credibility on his wealth, business acumen, and deal-making abilities, the numbers may, after all, prove important. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/donald-trump-net-worth/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Economy and Politics", "item": "https://money.com/economy-and-politics/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Wealth", "item": "https://money.com/wealth/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Is Donald Trump Worth $3 Billion or $10 Billion?" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/donald-trump-net-worth/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/donald-trump-net-worth/", "name": "Is Donald Trump Worth $3 Billion or $10 Billion?", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-07-27T15:44:11.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/donald-trump-net-worth/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/donald-trump-net-worth/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-17T03:03:04.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Is Donald Trump Worth $3 Billion or $10 Billion?", "articleSection": "Economy and Politics", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/07/gettyimages-583518404.jpg", "width": 4200, "height": 3077, "caption": "Donald Trump Addresses VFW Convention In Charlotte, NC" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexandra Mondalek", "url": "https://money.com/author/alexandra-mondalek/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/alexandra-mondalek/#author", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/amondalek" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-07-27T15:44:11.000Z", "description": "Presidential candidate Donald Trump says he's worth over $10 billion, but new analysis concludes his assets are worth far less.", "abstract": "Presidential candidate Donald Trump says he's worth over $10 billion, but new analysis concludes his assets are worth far less.", "@id": "https://money.com/donald-trump-net-worth/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-17T03:03:04.000Z", "wordCount": 397, "keywords": [ "Donald Trump", "donald trump net worth", "Election 2016", "Net Worth", "Wealth" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Political economy", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_economy" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Wealth", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth" ] } ] } ] } ```